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"I will reform our surveillance programs," President Obama Tells Nation

Stating that "America must move off a permanent war footing," President Obama announced (video) at the State of the Union that "working with this Congress, I will reform our surveillance programs." (50:30) The President continued, (text) "because the vital work of intelligence community depends on public confidence, here and abroad, that the privacy of ordinary people is not being violated." Citing the need to close the prison in Guantanamo, the President also said "we counter terrorism not just through intelligence and military action but by remaining true to our constitutional ideals and setting an example for the rest of the world." EPIC and other consumer privacy organizations have urged the President to move forward the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights and to support the International Privacy Convention.


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